At 391 — Vid reports lowest daily Covid cases in 6 months

Nagpur: Monday brought a major relief for Vidarbha region as all 11 districts together reported only 391 new cases of Covid-19. Before this, less than 391 cases were reported on July 28 last year — about six months ago. On the other hand, the number of daily recoveries continued to remain around 700. Total 727 patients recovered in the day. This improved the Vidarbha’s recovery rate, which is now nearing 95%.
One of the reasons behind detection of fewer new cases could be reduced number of Covid-19 tests. On an average, daily 4,000 tests are conducted in Nagpur. On Monday, this number was 2,578. The numbers were less in other districts too. Akola had only 150 tests, Bhandara 263, Wardha 156, Amravati 189, Yavatmal 257, Buldhana 388, and Chandrapur 108.
Covid toll of Vidarbha reached 6,829 on Monday with 14 deaths in the region. These include Nagpur 9, Bhandara 2, Chandrapur 1, Amravati 1, and Yavatmal 1. Out of Nagpur’s 9 deaths, four were from Nagpur city, 2 from Nagpur rural and 3 from other districts/states. Vidarbha’s case fatality rate is 2.57%, which is still more than state and national average. At present, 7,043 patients are under treatment in the region, which is about 2.7% of total cases reported till date. This hints low hospitalization rate; another good indicator of curbing the spread of virus.
Barring Nagpur and Buldhana, no district in Vidarbha reported more than 50 new cases on Monday. Day’s 391 new cases came from Nagpur 150, Buldhana 70, Yavatmal 45, Amravati 27, Bhandara 23, Akola 21, Gondia 19, Washim 16, Wardha 14, Gadchiroli 4, and Chandrapur 2. On the other hand, 727 recoveries came from Nagpur 394, Gondia 63, Yavatmal 49, Buldhana 44, Bhandara 41, Wardha 40, Amravati 28, Akola 27, Chandrapur 15, Washim 15, and Gadchiroli 11. Out of total 2.61 lakh cases till date, more than 2.51 lakh have recovered.
Chandrapur: The district reported 2 new Covid cases on Monday. The day also saw 15 recoveries and one Covid casualty. Chandrapur had registered new Covid cases in single digit in the first week of May last year. As on Monday, the district’s caseload has reached 22,852, while the number of total recoveries stands at 22,208. The district has seen total 383 Covid deaths till date. Now, 262 patients are under treatment.
Gadchiroli: Only 4 new cases were reported in the district, which is arguably lowest in last many weeks. Also, 11 patients recovered on Monday. This took the total number of cases in the district to 9,281 and recoveries to 9,060. Recovery rate of the district is 97.62%. No death was reported on the third consecutive day on Monday. The toll remained unchanged at 105. Now, the district has 116 patients under treatment, which is lowest in Vidarbha.
Amravati: Death of a 67-year-old man from the city took the district's toll to 410 even as there were 27 new cases and 28 recoveries were registered on Monday. While the caseload is 20,797, recoveries are 20023, leaving 364 active cases under treatment.
Yavatmal: A 55-year-old man from Arni died. The district toll is now 421. Out of the 274 reports, 45 tested positive. Currently, 425 are active positive patients undergoing treatment in various Covid-19 Care Centres across the district.
Wardha: With 14 testing positive on Monday, the caseload touched 9,700. In all, 31 patients were discharged, while recoveries reached 9,090. Now, there are 317 active positive patients in the district.
Gondia: The district reported 19 new cases, and 63 recoveries in the last 48 hours. Gondia now has 14,023 total cases and 13,656 recoveries. The Covid toll is at 181. Total 186 patients are under treatment in the district. Recovery rate of Gondia is 96.8%.
Bhandara: The district reported 23 new cases and the total number of Covid-19 cases in Bhandara surpassed 13,000 mark on Monday. On the other hand, 41 patients recovered in the day. This took total recoveries to 12,397. Recovery rate here is 95.34%. Total 289 patients are under treatment.
Akola: The district received reports of 150 tests out of which 21 were found positive, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases in Akola to 11,169. On the other hand, 27 patients recovered in the day taking the total to 10,241. Akola’s recovery rate is nearly 92%. The district reported no death due to Covid-19 on Monday. The toll remained at 328. Total 600 patients are under treatment.
Buldhana: Out of 388 reports, 70 were positive in Buldhana while 44 patients recovered from Covid-19 on Monday. This took the number of total cases to 13,381 and recoveries to 12,857. The toll in Buldhana is 159. Total 365 patients are still under treatment.
Washim: The district reported 16 new cases, 15 recoveries and no Covid casualty on Monday. This took the caseload of Washim to 6,921, recoveries to 6,604 and 164 patients are under treatment in the district.